Married First, Loved Later : A Flash Marriage with My Ex's 'Uncle' novel Chapter 276

Chapter 276: Waiting to Climb the Ranks

Angelica’s identity?

She was the eldest daughter of the Morris Family—darling of the Morris chairman, beloved sister of the young master.

To cross her was to cross the entire Morris Family.

Angelica put on a gentle act, but her words carried a hidden threat. "Selina, it’s rare for Mom to like something. If you give it to her, that’s just being a dutiful daughter. You can always pick out another one."

Luke immediately flared up. So being the Morris heiress gave her the right to twist facts and bully others?

Selina casually tucked her hair behind her ear. "Sorry, I don’t do filial piety for mistresses. Luke, take the rings—we’re leaving."

Katie’s face froze. Luke was beyond satisfied.

Exactly—filial to a mistress? What a joke. Where did that kind of shamelessness even come from?

Angelica gritted her teeth. "Selina, don’t be so stubborn—"

"What’s all the noise about?"

Before Selina could walk out, a group of people blocked the entrance. A middle-aged man, about fifty, walked down from the second floor. His eyes swept the room, then lit up.

"Why, if it isn’t Miss Angelica! Seen anything you like?"

He was the store manager of this jewelry branch. Knowing Angelica’s status, he wasn’t about to miss an opportunity to curry favor.

Angelica exchanged a look with Katie, then let out a dramatic sigh.

"Mom and I did see two rings we really liked, but Selina took them. We were just thinking of checking out another store."

The manager, afraid of losing such a valuable sale, rushed over and started barking at his staff.

"Useless fools! How could you let someone else buy what Miss Angelica wanted?! Some people have no status, no resources—how dare they compete with Miss Angelica?!"

Even a deaf person could tell who that was aimed at.

Selina blinked and looked at Luke, silently asking: Aren’t you the president of this jewelry chain? Why doesn’t anyone recognize you?

Luke’s brows furrowed deeply.

Maybe he wasn’t obnoxious enough yet. His own employees didn’t know him, and even the store manager—who should know this store was under his name—didn’t recognize him. Was his reputation that nonexistent?

The manager glanced at Selina with disdain. A country nobody. So what if she was Mrs. Reid for now? That title wouldn’t last.

But Angelica? She was a Morris. With a marriage pact to Logan. A threat from any angle.

With that thought, he scoffed, "Miss Clark, please pick something else. I’ve decided to give those two rings to Miss Angelica."

Katie’s smugness practically oozed off her face, just waiting for Selina to crack.

Luke was about to explode. "This is how you run a business?! The designs for those rings are still on Selina’s phone! Are you blind and deaf?! Go to the hospital already!"

Angelica spoke sweetly, "Manager, if you’re willing to sell the rings to us, I’m happy to pay double."

The manager had run out of patience. "Selina, this is business. Miss Angelica is offering twice the price—so what if you custom-designed them? I’ll sell to whoever I want. If you don’t like it, outbid her."

Luke was stunned.

Are these seriously my employees? Am I really that useless, I can’t even manage one jewelry store?

The manager sneered, "Nothing to say? Then hand over the rings—don’t keep Miss Angelica waiting."

Angelica pursed her lips, pretending to be helpless. "Selina, I don’t want to escalate things. Just give them up. You won’t pay more but insist on keeping them. Honestly... I hate admitting someone like you is my sister."

Selina held the rings in her palm and twirled them slowly before breaking into a calm smile.

"Do you even know what the design on these two rings symbolizes?"

Everyone froze for a beat, and before Angelica could respond, Selina spoke up—

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